Hannah Dreier

Hannah Dreier
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Occupation Journalist
Employer Associated Press
ProPublica
Awards Livingston Awards
James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism

Hannah Dreier is an American journalist that worked as the Venezuela correspondent for Associated Press for three years. She currently works as a reporter for ProPublica covering immigration.

Education and career

Hannah Dreier grew up in San Francisco. She graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and spent the first years of her career at The San Jose Mercury News.[1]

Dreier joined Associated Press as a politics reporter in the Sacramento bureau and later covered the business of gambling from Las Vegas. She was the Venezuela correspondent for Associated Press for three years, moving to Caracas in 2014 amid a nationwide protest movement, and has told the story of the country's unraveling from inside prisons, hospitals and factories. Her 2016 "Venezuela Undone" series illustrated Venezuela’s social and economic collapse through deeply reported accounts of ordinary citizens struggling to survive and was recognized by the Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest, the Michael Kelly Award, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors.[1]

Following the Narcosobrinos incident which saw president Nicolás Maduro's nephews arrested in the United States for drug trafficking, Hannah Dreier was detained by SEBIN (Bolivarian Intelligence Service) agents in Sabaneta, Barinas. Agents threatened her during an interrogation, saying they would behead her like ISIL did to James Foley and said that they would let her go for a kiss. Finally, agents said that they wanted to coerce the United States to exchange Maduro's nephews for Dreier, accusing her of being a spy and sabotaging the Venezuelan economy.[2]

In 2017 ProPublica announced that Hannah Dreier would join its staff as a reporter covering immigration, starting on July 10.[3]

Awards

Her stories have been recognized by the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism, the Overseas Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, ASNE, the National Headliner Awards, the Livingston Awards and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. In 2016 she was the recipient of the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for her coverage of the recurring turmoil in Venezuela.[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brown, Carson (5 June 2017). "Associated Press reporter Hannah Dreier awarded 2016 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism". Northwestern University. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Departing AP reporter looks back at Venezuela's slide". The Washington Post. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "ProPublica Hires Reporter Hannah Dreier to Cover Immigration". ProPublica. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Associated Press announces 2017 staff awards". Associated Press. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Brichacek, Andra (9 March 2017). "Associated Press' Hannah Dreier wins Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism". University of Oregon. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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